Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled Functional Consultant with primary expertise in Oracle cloud Financials Subledgers like Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets, Payments and Project accounting cloud service and secondary experience in Oracle Cloud Financials General Ledger and AHCS.

This role requires close collaboration with business stakeholders, technical teams, and end-users to analyze, design, implement, and support financial systems.

Responsible for facilitating complex projects from proposal through post-implementation. Participates in meetings with lines of business to identify their requirements in how an application looks and feels to the end user; provides feedback on them. Serves as project lead to ensure test plans and specifications are completed in a timely basis and project meets established milestones.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Analyze and gather business requirements related to Oracle Subledgers: Accounts Payable (AP), Fixed Assets (FA), Payments, and Project Accounting (PA) modules.
• Configure and maintain Oracle Subledgers AP, FA, Payments, and PA modules within the Oracle Cloud ERP environment.
• Design and document functional specifications for customizations, reports, and system integrations.
• Collaborate with technical teams to ensure successful solution delivery.
• Support month-end and year-end financial close activities.
• Conduct system testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), and end-user training.
• Troubleshoot and resolve functional issues in Oracle Subledgers AP, FA, Payments, and PA modules.
• Ensure compliance with accounting regulations and financial reporting standards.
• Provide post-implementation support and drive continuous process improvements.
• Prepare well-documented functional specifications for assigned projects, test plans, test scripts, and execution of test scripts.
• Conduct research and analysis of complex data to ensure accuracy in functional design of assigned projects.
• Serve as mentor to less experienced staff, assisting in application training, research analysis, and project methodology consultation.
• Schedule and facilitate project team meetings; document and distribute meeting minutes as applicable.
• Meet with business clients to discuss requested application changes related to enterprise-wide initiatives, compliance/regulatory requirements, contractual obligations, or system maintenance (BAU).
• Participate in design discussions and ensure delivery of required functional specifications.
• Participate in meetings with lines of business to identify application requirements and provide feedback to ensure technology solutions support customer needs.
• Review business requirements with technology teams to ensure understanding of project scope.
• Coordinate and provide estimates for complex projects and complete estimates for assigned components, including timelines and project phases.
• Serve as subject matter expert to advise on application impacts from enterprise-wide initiatives such as acquisitions or major product/service changes.
• May serve as Test Coordinator for large project initiatives involving multiple applications.

Education and Experience Required:

Combined minimum of 8  years' combined higher education and/or operational/business analytics/systems development experience

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Excellent organizational skills

Excellent time management skills

Excellent lateral thinking skills

Excellent problem-solving skills

Prior experience multitasking for various components of complex projects.

Prior experience coordinating between applications and business units.

Prior experience working in a team environment as well as autonomously.

Education and Experience Preferred:

Bachelor's degree

Subject matter expert in business with knowledge or experience utilizing application/system being supported.

Proven mentoring and leadership capabilities

Ability to recognize project milestones and delivery dates.

Ability to recommend and implement solutions.

M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $97,869.52 - $163,115.87 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.

Location

Buffalo, New York, United States of America